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CNN will host another town hall next week with Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar.

The three-term Democrat announced Sunday that she would be running for president.

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Justin Fairfax has taken a leave of absence from his job as a lawyer for the prominent firm of Morrison Foerster.

The leave comes as the firm investigates allegations of sexual assault against Fairfax, the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. His official position is only a part time job and those holding it often have outside sources of income.